<p>depends on what the committe decides doesn't it? You may get lucky, and be given a punishment that would not include failing the class or getting expelled, both of which would probably affect your transfer status. Hopefully they will stop near the top of this list of possible sanctions. I have no experience with this, but I would suggest taking responsibility, describe it as you have done - a moment of weakness and bad judgement, don't blame your friend, don't minimize it, and I wish you good luck. </p>
<p>The Assistant Dean shall inform the student by letter of the decision and the sanction, if any, to be imposed. Sanctions that may be imposed by the Assistant Dean include, but are not limited to:</p>
<pre><code>* A letter of reprimand.
* Workshop attendance.
* Community service.
* A defined period of probation with the attachment of conditions.
* A defined period of suspension, with or without the attachment of conditions.
* Permanent expulsion from the College.
* Notation on the official record.
* Withholding of a degree.
* Any combination of the previously listed sanctions.
</code></pre>
<p>NJres advice is good. I used to chair the plagiarism/cheating committee in the department of the college where I used to work and no one had a lot of patience with students who lied about cheating (in general, professors are pretty darned sure before accusing students of cheating) or who acted like it was no big deal.</p>
<p>Taking responsibility will probably help you avoid getting the heaviest penalty.</p>
<p>In e-mailing the prof and taking responsibility, you did the right thing.</p>
<p>When I headed the cheating committee, one of my worst experiences occurred when one of my favorite students was accused of plagiarism. I thought so highly of her that I couldn't believe she'd ever do something like that -- until I saw the evidence. She had lifted something directly off the Internet.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, instead of simply apologizing and taking responsibility, she and her mother brought in a lawyer to defend her. There was no defense! The plagiarism was obvious. The student and her mom fought so hard that the university attorney had to get involved.</p>
<p>All of this ended up thoroughly ticking off the whole department as well as the university, and of course, she didn't win her "case" as she had not a leg to stand on. </p>
<p>Professors and administrators can understand that students make mistakes. However, professors and administrators aren't understanding when students cheat and then bring in big guns to try to weasel out of being held accountable.</p>
<p>I lost it so it wasn't stolen... I have been retracing my steps for the entire day in hopes of remembering where I may have left it but it isn't coming to me...</p>
<p>What would be your sanction in this case Northstarmom? And is plagiarism considered more of an academic crime than what I did today?</p>
<p>Don't just retrace your steps; check with offices and "lost and found" locations. Put up some signs. Contact DPS. People will take a lost passport seriously, I think, and not just treat you like "another student who lost his backpack"</p>
<p>Hopefully it will all work out. And for those who were talking about ow bad plagiarism is? See 'Kaavya Vishwanathan'... she is may get kicked outta Harvard now...</p>
<p>Update:
Well things aren't looking so bad now.
We had the committee meeting, and our professor must have really stood by me because I didn't get any punishment (the committee decided that because of my "immaculate" records, and the fact that potential cheating was discovered before it took place, they would show leniency).</p>
<p>And I got issued a new passport pretty quickly as well :)</p>
<p>I'm glad that things worked out for you particularly since unlike some students who have posted here about similar situations, you seemed to show genuine remorse.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you as you figure out your transfer options.</p>
<p>Good news, EOS! I am glad things worked out and that you learned your lesson without having a terrible consequence. Let us know about the transfer.</p>
<p>Hrm I checked my school email and realized that I will be punished.
They said that they will give me zero for the finals on which I attempted to faciliate cheating...</p>
<p>Lucky for me, I got nearly perfect scores on all three midterms before that so I can still manage a B (despite the final's being 40% of the grade, our class had a damn generous curve due to the difficulty of the test).</p>
<p>I will take it as a very light slap on the wrist and I certainly will never reapeat my actions.</p>